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ARCHITECTURE FOR SUPPORTING SPARSE VOLUMES

  • US 20100125598A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2010
  • Published: 05/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A storage system, comprising:

  • a storage operating system executed by a processor, the storage operating system configured to generate a sparse volume, wherein the sparse volume comprises a structure marked with a value to identify that data of the sparse volume is not stored locally on a first storage system serving the sparse volume; and

    a protocol module of the storage operating system configured to implement a protocol for remote retrieval of the data from a second storage system in response to a determination that the structure of the sparse volume has the value.

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